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Posted by: eldave1, June 22nd, 2016, 8:35pm
Almost didn't watch this 10-hour documentary as I still suffer from OJ fatigue from the original trial.  But man - this was good. An excellent, compelling piece of work.  
Posted by: DustinBowcot (Guest), June 23rd, 2016, 2:51am; Reply: 1

Quoted from eldave1
Almost didn't watch this 10-hour documentary as I still suffer from OJ fatigue from the original trial.  But man - this was good. An excellent, compelling piece of work.  


Is the documentary biased?
Posted by: eldave1, June 23rd, 2016, 10:25am; Reply: 2
Always a tough one to answer since one's personal view can influence perception. So, I will premise with my personal opinion - I thought that the police tried to frame a guilty man. For example, I think there is no doubt that OJ did it - but also I think that Fuhrman planted the glove and he obviously lied on the stand.  Other issues as well - but that gets at the crux.

Anyway - I thought it was pretty even handed. It chronicles the race issues in L.A  along the same time line in  OJ's life and points out the irony that OJ never wanted anything to do with them only to benefit from them at trial. It shows the evolution of many of his friends changing views as they learned details (i.e, from OJ would have never done it, to   - WTF!!).  The footage was also great.
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